Well, it finally happened! At last! After 11 years of quiet life in paradise I finally got robbed by the cheap public car ?ladrones?. It all happened on a lovely Thursday afternoon on the 27th de Febrero/ Lincoln. I took a public car which looked normal to me; public car sticker on the door, 2 ladies seating in the back with a box, a fat man passenger and the driver. I sat at the front and the game started; the fat dude had a folder in his hand that he was using to block my view from my purse and was moving around like he was trying to get comfortable while taking stuff in my purse. I started fighting with him to take the folder of my face and realized my purse was opened so I started yelling at the driver to lets me off, and he did, thank god!! When I got off I finally realized what had just happened, I looked in my purse to see that my cheap sunglasses were gone and also was my pepper spray! I usually have my pepper spray in my hand when I get in a car but I felt ?safe? today! So to end my journey, I took another streetcar and went straight to Cuesta where I got myself another pepper spray! I guess I can say that I was very lucky this time. Two of my girlfriends (foreigners) were not so lucky last year; one was taken to the other side of the bridge where she got pushed around and they took everything she had on her, and my other friend got pushed off the curse and was bruised on a main street when they tried to snap her purse. I was told this is the latest trend; 2 ladies in the back with some bag, box or something in the middle so it looks full so it obligates you to seat in the front with the pick-pocket man. All this to say, PLEASE BE CAREFUL, the streets can be pretty dangerous if you don't pay attention!!